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Japan plans to announce its 2020 emissions target and that it has dropped plans to reduce carbon emissions by 40 percent from 1990 by 2020, a very bold action according to an indicative target set by climate experts from a U.N. panel. Japan postulates that its current very high level of energy efficiency will make achieving [...]  There is expected to be widespread and stronger than ever pressure on David Cameron to reverse the planned cuts that the Government proposes to make to the police force, despite the fact that there is an uneasy calm on the UK streets after almost a week of riots. Extra reinforcements were drafted into those areas [...] Germany is facing a big backlash after their accusations that the outbreak of deadly E coli was linked to Spanish cucumbers. The British taxpayer is now facing a bill of £17m in compensation for the salad farmers in the EU that have been hit by this crisis. The number of deaths caused by Enterohaemorrhagic E [...] In the latest in a seemingly endless list of gagging orders, the biggest movie of the year has issued an injunction signed by the High Court that bans British newspapers, TV news, blogs and most importantly internet services such as Twitter from mentioning any information about the release of the most anticipated movie event of the [...] The release of another deluge of ‘secret’ documents from WikiLeaks has prompted yet another burst of commentary, theory and questions. On Sunday, several major news agencies including the New York Times, Washington Post and the Guardian published reports on what they are calling the “Gitmo Files”, documents relating to the highly controversial U.S. military detention [...] According to the latest reports this week, former MP Elliot Morley will definitely be serving jail time in the near future; the only questions are where and how much. If the comments from his constituency are any indication, it will long, hard time. Morley is only one of four MP’s charged and convicted of expense [...] In April the Workers Registration Scheme, put in place in 2004 to keep track of workers from eight Eastern Bloc countries that had just joined the EU, will end. Britain was one of only three European countries that allowed these workers free access in 2004, and the restrictions imposed on work permits for immigrants were [...] In January CNET reported that a bill proposed by the US Senate suggests giving the Department of Homeland Security the authority to give orders regarding computers that are privately owned, as soon as the President issues a state of national cyberemergency. While there is a remark in the bill that this authority does not extend to [...] Ludicrous might be a good word for the behaviour of just about every party involved in the Assange/WikiLeaks/SwissMiss furore. The only one immune from the charge would be Mr. Assange; he has behaved quite well, all things considered. Since the charges of sexual misconduct in Switzerland only came to light after WikiLeaks leaked its barrage [...] There are a lot of freedoms defined by law, but it is unlikely that sexual freedoms are on the top of most people’s minds. However, they may be with the news that a 21 year old with learning disabilities is going to be able to fly to Amsterdam so that he can engage in sexual [...] |
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